{"product_id":"barbara-isnt-dying-paperback","title":"Barbara Isn't Dying - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlina Bronsky\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eTim Mohr\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA bittersweet and hilarious novel about a marriage whose decades-old routine is suddenly upended.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWalter Schmidt has lived his whole life within the narrow, \"comfortable\" confines of traditional gender roles: he has made it to retirement without learning how to fry an egg or use a vacuum cleaner. After all, he could always count on his wife, Barbara. But when one morning she can't get up from bed anymore, everything changes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith biting humor and great warmth, Alina Bronsky writes about how Walter, nearing the end of his life, is suddenly forced to reinvent himself as a caregiver and house-husband, and become the caring partner he never was in all his years with Barbara.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLittle by little, Walter's rough facade begins to crumble--and with it his old certainties about his life and family.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.2 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 09, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51760904044832,"sku":"9781609458423","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/6bf64ae20b5b08b6a24b188b3ddc92eb.webp?v=1780193771","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/barbara-isnt-dying-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}